If you're evaluation of rooney is that he is "quite good" then we're in agreement. I brought it up because you bolded his name with Nani, so I assumed you considered him to be average. My apologies.
I don't see where I am irrationally defending him though....all I said was he is certainly better than average.
You're right though about Nani....I probably shouldn't have included him amongst those names. However, I do think having a player like Nani come off the bench more often than not is a luxury an "average" team could not afford (and I don't mean financially). I think he'd be in the first XI for nearly every team in the prem save Arsenal and Chelsea..and maybe us (I'd personally prefer him to Kuyt but that's for another day)
Well now you're being a bit more reasonable, but looking at your previous posts I still think you're a United fan
I bolded Rooney's name because you implied that he had been "superb". I think we both now agree that that hasn't been the case. For you to say otherwise would have been irrational!
Going on the form of last season, I'd rather have Benayoun or Babel coming off the bench than Nani. I think we've got better options in our squad, and I include Kuyt in that for the important goals he's scored and work he's done this season, especially in the Champions League. This isn't to say that Nani won't improve, but right now I don't think he'd look out of place at a mid-table club.
Anyway, I'm not too bothered. Hopefully United fans go on believing that O'Shea and Brown and Fletcher are fantastic players and Ronaldo doesn't carry their team (in an attacking sense; I agree that their defence is sound), because that way they won't strengthen and when Ronaldo picks up a niggling injury that affects his form they'll struggle for goals. I suspect Ferguson is a sight more shrewd than most United fans though, unfortunately.
At least we Liverpool fans recognise our team's limitations, for the most part...
